Finding Persephone: Women's Rituals in the Ancient MediterraneanMaryline G. Parca, Angeliki Tzanetou Indiana University Press, 2007 - 327 strán (strany) Drawing upon the latest research in gender studies, history of religion, feminism, ritual theory, performance, anthropology, archaeology, and art history, Finding Persephone investigates the ways in which the religious lives and ritual practices of women in Greek and Roman antiquity helped shape their social and civic identity. Barred from participating in many public arenas, women asserted their presence by performing rituals at festivals and presiding over rites associated with life passages and healing. The essays in this lively and timely volume reveal the central place of women in the religious and ritual practices of the societies of the ancient Mediterranean. Readers interested in religion, women's studies, and classical antiquity will find a unique exploration of the nature and character of women's autonomy within the religious sphere and a full account of women's agency in the public domain. |
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... participants , and the goal of the rituals per- formed . The papers , each in their own way , demonstrate that women's rituals , whether performed by women themselves , appropriated by males , or recon- figured in art and literature ...
... participants ( who could include women , usually in subordinate positions ) sought to cre- ate charis for the god by enacting a complicated presentation as both lovers and beloveds . Through procession , music , song , dance , costume ...
... participants in same - sex marriage ceremonies were mocking Roman mores . On the contrary , what appears to offend especially the arch - conservative Juvenal is precisely that the participants take the ceremonies all too seriously ...
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CRITICAL | 3 |
Sources and Methodology | 17 |
THE SCANDAL OF WOMENS RITUAL | 29 |
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